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Real kidneys vs dialysis machines: Not even close.

#1 · June 29, 2025, 9:04 pm

Did you know your kidneys filter around 1,300 liters of blood per week?
That’s like running your entire blood supply through a Brita... every 40 minutes.

Now compare that to dialysis.
Even with three 4-hour sessions a week, a dialysis machine only filters about 250 liters total.

That’s less than 20% of what healthy kidneys handle.
And somehow we expect it to do the same job.

Think about that next time you ask your team to cut your time.

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